Display-cabinet.



G. C. CAMPBELL.

DISPLAY CABINET.

APPLICATION man DEC.21. 19w.

1,287,216. Patented Dec.10, 1918.

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DISPLAY CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.2I. 1916.

1,287,216.- Patented Dec. 10, 1918.

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ATTORNEY G. C. CAMPBELL.

DISPLAY CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.27. me.

1 87,216. Patented Dec. 10, 1918. 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3- 3/ lNVENTOR WITNESSES 2 I Gi ert 6. @m vell BY g a W. 2 ATTORNEY GILBERT o. cAMrBELL, or HUMPHBEXS, MI1SSQUBI.

DISPLAY-CABINET.

Specificationof Letters Patent.

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Application filed December 27, 1916;. Serial- No. 139,174.

To all whom it mayv concern:

Be it known that I, GILBERT C. CAMPBELL, citizen of the United States, residingat Humphreys, in the county of Sullivan and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification. 7

This invention relates to cabinets and particularly to what are known as display; cabinets such as are used by retail merchants to hold and exhibit ready made clotl1ing, the cabinet serving. to protect the clothing from dust and destructive insects, and being provided with glass doors the contents may be readily seen by customers. The cabinet is also v provided with means adapted to be withdrawn when the doors are open for the easy access of the salesman to the goods exhibited within the cabinet.

Another obj ect of the. invention is to pro .vide a cabinet made of parts that may be in single or double units the former to be placed against the wall of a room while the latter of double width are so placed that they may be approached from, both sides and therefore are provided with doors on each of said sides.

With these as the principal objects in view the invention consists of the novel con struction, combination and arrangement of partshereinai'ter described, pointed out in the claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in WhichT.

Figure l is a perspective view of the complete cabinet as it. appears when use,

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In the drawings it will be seen; that the cabinet comprises a bottom 15] that. rests upon the floor, a top '16, paneled ends-.157,- a d a a k 19 a a r t formed by the doors 20 and 21 and ,a-basestrip having openingsfor a plurality. of drawers;23.:

The bottom 1.5 s Pr fer bly'm de double 2 Shown n. F s 3. and a he top. a d ot om f o rs o this bottom. being"- sonaa e by ro tr ps- 4: o which he oor are fastened and by means of which they are hold at a pr per. d stanc apa and socurely framed together. The top 1:6 is also made double and securely framed to crossstrips 25. The front and sides of this; top are finished with a molding 26', w hilefiv 09.13.- ing .27 is placed around the bottom 15.

The ends 17 and 18 of the cabinet extend upwardly from the bottom, 15, to the top 16 and are secured to said parts by screws or other removable fastenings. These side pieces are like the top and bottom made of wood and as shown in Fig.

1 each of the sides is paneled to render the V cabinet more ornamental. The back l9bof the cabinet also extends from the bottom t -t p d y emadopla n paneled as circumstances call for. j in t t e bottom. and top by' olz ns. and at the corners of the cabinet betweenthe book a he ols des a vertica str ps 28. to which said back and sides arescrewed and which securely join said parts.

The drawers .23 which may be large, or small as, the needs of thecabinet demand, slide upon the. bottom 15 into out of the cabinet through openings in the base strip 22. Suitable drawer pulls 29 being provided on the front of the drawers for The, l ad? i moving the same. Guide strips fastened on the bottom 15 of the cabinet within the same direct the movement of the drawers.

At a convenient height above the top of the drawers 23 is a horizontal partition 81 that separates the lower or drawer compartment 32 from the upper open or display compartment 33. This partition extends from the back to the front of the cabinet and between the ends 17 and 18, inverted right angled guide bars being secured on the upper side of the partition adjacent the ends 17 and 18. Between the guide bars 34 in the center of the casing is'a third guide bar 35 of T shape which in connection'with the guide bars 34. provide sliding means for two horizontal platforms or boards 36 that may be withdrawn from the cabinet when the doors 20 and 21 are open thus bringing into convenient position for exhibition and handling the goods resting upon said platforms. Rollers 37 are secured on the under side of the platforms 36 and travel over the top of the partition 31 thus 1 reducing the friction of said platforms and permitting their easy withdrawal from the cabinet.

The doors 20 and 21 are each formed of a rectangular frame 39 filled in with a glass panel 38 through which the goods or articles in the cabinet may be viewed by customers. Each door is provided with a handle 40 by means of which the cabinet may be opened by sliding one or the other of the doors in a horizontal direction, they being mounted in grooves 41 and 42 formed in the top of the partition 31 and similar grooves in a strip as just below the molding 26 of the top 16. The doors 20 and 21 are mounted on balls as that run in grooved metal strips 15 seated in the bottom of the grooves 4.1 and 12 and similar metal strips on the bottom of the door frames. The doors slide toward the ends of the cabinet in parallel planes, the

' inner edges of the doors overlapping when the cabinet isclosed. V

F astened to the top 16 of the cabinet and within the same are a number of spaced parallel bars 16 that support and guide slides 17 which when the doors are open may be withdrawn from the cabinet. The guide bars a6 have their sides inclined in opposite directions as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, these inclined sides facing when the bars 46 are screwed in place and form thereby a series of. channels extending from end to end ofthe topacross the same. The channels are wider at the top than at the bottom and serve as runways for theslides 47 which are also made wider at their top sides 1 and shaped to fit said runways. There is a longitudinal groove 4-8 formed in the top of each slide 17 to receive a stoppin 19 that limits the outward movement of the slide. Screwed into the bottom of each slide 47 is a screw eye 50 or other means fastened thereto upon which a coat hanger may be hung, the number of slides 47 depending upon the length of the cabinet, sixteen being shown in the drawings, eight behind each door, thus enabling any one or all of each eight to be readily withdrawn when the door in front thereof is opened.

Close to the cabinet end 18 and extending upwardly from the partition 31 to the top of the cabinet is a vertical partition 51 that forms a recess to receive a mirror 59. mounted in a rectangular frame 53 slidable on rollers 54 at the bottom of the recess. The mirror passes through a long vertical slot in the front of the casing as shown in Fig. 1 and when in closed position the end of the mirror frame lies flush with said front. A hand grip 55 is fastened to the mirror for withdrawing the same from the recess.

A cabinet such as described is of great convenience for the displaying of ready made clothing as coats and vests or coats alone may be carried by hangers and suspended from the screw eyes 50. Trousers or trousers and vests properly folded will be carried on the platforms 36 while if desired fancy vests or other articles may be placed in the drawers 29. When a sale is to be made one of the doors 20 or 21 will be moved to one side thus opening the cabinet and permitting the clerk to withdraw a slide 47 and bring into convenientoposition for removal the particular coat supported on that slide. When a selection has been made, the platform 36 of they same side can then be drawn out and the trousers and vest removed. Upon completing the sale, the slides 47 and platform 36 are returned to the cabinet and the door closed. The goods within the cabinet are, by this manner of exhibiting them, preserved from undue handling and disarrangement whereby they become creased and more or less out of shape whereas placing them in a cabinet such as described they are protected and the appearance of the store is improved, made more attractive to customers and increases the business of the merchant.

What I claim is: 1. A cabinet comprising a base, a top, two sides, and a back secured together for ready disassembling, ahorizontal partition near the base dividing the cabinet into upper and lower compartments, horizontal platforms slidable on said partition into and out of the upper compartment, a plurality of guide bars secured in spaced parallel relation to the top of the cabinet and within the same, said guide bars having inclined sides and being wider at the bottom than at thetop, bars having inclined sides and wider at the top than at the bottom and slidable between said guide bars into and out of the upper compartment, suspending means on said slides, and sliding doors for closing the front of the upper compartment.

2. In a display cabinet having top and bottom sides and doors by means of which latter ready access may be had to the cabinet, a plurality of sliding bars movable into and out of the cabinet for supporting articles to be displayed, said bars having oppositely inclined sides and being Wider at the top than at the bottom, means secured to the underside of the bars from which articles displayed may be suspended, guides for said slides comprising a plurality of bars having oppositely inclined slides and Wider at the bottom than at thetop secured in parallel I adapted to be moved into and out of the same upon which platforms articles for display may be placed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GILBERT C. CAl IPBELL. lVitnesses: V

TRUMAN STREET, C. A. HAMILTON.

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